Funding search · EIN 300656123 · Fort Collins, CO

National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance

Name: National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

184
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $11,278
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

stewardship trail wilderness challenge cost share

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Sitka Conservation Society5 grants · $103,956
Wild Alabama3 grants · $92,074
Southern Appalachain Wilderne3 grants · $90,272
Bob Marshall Wilderness Found2 grants · $90,000
New Mexico Wilderness All1 grant · $75,717
Washington Trails Association4 grants · $75,000
Continental Divide Trail Coal4 grants · $70,740
Wild Arizona3 grants · $70,608
Ventana Wilderness Alliance4 grants · $62,066
Ascend Wilderness Experience4 grants · $50,916

Giving over time

$442,200

2021

$928,086

2022

$437,880

2023

$828,010

2024

$76,292

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 184 grants.

$80,000
Bob Marshall Wilderness Found · Hungry Horse, MT · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$75,717
New Mexico Wilderness All · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$61,694
Southern Appalachain Wilderne · Asheville, NC · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$50,000
Sitka Conservation Society · Sitka, AK · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$49,311
Wild Alabama · Moulton, AL · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$38,085
Wild Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$33,385
National Forest Foundation · Fort Missoula, MT · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$33,385
National Forest Foundation · Fort Missoula, MT · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$32,620
Arizona Wilderness Coalition · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$32,620
Arizona Wilderness Coalition · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$31,527
Friends of Central Cascades · Bend, OR · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$30,000
Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$30,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$29,900
Bob Marshall Wilderness Found · Hungry Horse, MT · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$29,896
Sky Island Alliance · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$29,863
Save Our Canyons · Cottonwood Heig, UT · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$29,716
New Mexico Wilderness Allianc · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$29,006
Continental Divide Trail Coal · Golden, CO · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$28,862
Wyoming Wilderness Associatio · Jackson, WY · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$27,802
Selway Bitterrott Frank Churc · Boise, ID · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$26,971
Colorado Mountain Club · Golden, CO · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$26,352
Roaring Fork Outdoor Voluntee · Carbondale, CO · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$25,000
Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$24,312
Wild Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$23,647
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volun · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$23,454
Wyoming Wilderness Assoc · Jackson, WY · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$22,827
Wild Alabama · Moulton, AL · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$21,734
Continental Divide Trail Coal · Golden, CO · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$21,592
San Juan Mountains Assoc · Durango, CO · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$20,866
Ventana Wilderness Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$20,381
American Endurance Ride Conference · Auburn, CA · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$20,381
American Endurance Ride Confr · Auburn, CA · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$20,000
Headwaters Trail Alliance · Granby, CO · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$20,000
Headwaters Trail Alliance · Grandby, CO · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$20,000
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation · Cottonwood Heig, UT · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$20,000
White Mountain Collective · Ashland, NH · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$19,936
Wild Alabama · Moulton, AL · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$19,936
Wild Alabama · Moulton, AL · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$19,723
Toulumne River Trust · Sonora, CA · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$19,723
Toulumne River Trust · Sonora, CA · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$19,399
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$18,400
Tucson Off Road Cyclists · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$18,400
Tucson Off Road Cyclists · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$18,000
Eagle Summit Wilderness Allia · Frisco, CO · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$17,500
Selway Bitterrott Frank Chu · Boise, ID · 2025
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$17,498
Southern Appalachian Wilderne · Asheville, NC · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$16,826
Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Sparks, NV · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$15,837
Ascend Wilderness Experience · Weaverville, CA · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,558
Mountain Bike the Tetons · Driggs, ID · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$15,556
Potomac Appalachian Trail Clu · Vienna, VA · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,416
Southern Appalachain Wilderne · Asheville, NC · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,338
Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,167
Bcha - Gila · Silver City, NM · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$15,167
Bcha - Gila · Silver City, NM · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,012
Wildlands Restoration Volun · Longmont, CO · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$15,000
Colorado Fourteeners Init · Golden, CO · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$15,000
Post Wildfire Ohv Recovery Al · Cottonwood, CA · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$15,000
Ventana Wilderness Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,000
Yavapai Trails · Prescott, AZ · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$15,000
Yavapai Trails · Prescott, AZ · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,000
Arizona Wilderness Coalition · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$15,000
Fourteeners · Golden, CO · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$14,948
Sitka Conservation Society · Sitka, AK · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$14,857
Ascend Wilderness Experience · Weaverville, CA · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$14,725
Sitka Conservation Society · Sitka, AK · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$14,725
Sitka Conservation Society · Sitka, AK · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$14,586
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$14,586
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$14,362
Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Reno, NV · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$14,362
Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Reno, NV · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$14,285
Sitka Conservation Society · Sitka, AK · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$14,203
Friends of Panthertown · Cashiers, NC · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$14,187
Ascend Wilderness Experience · Weaverville, CA · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$13,240
Vail Valley Mountain Trail Al · Avon, CO · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$13,162
Southern Appalachain Wilderne · Asheville, NC · 2025
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$13,124
Ventana Wilderness Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$13,124
Ventana Wilderness Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$13,076
Ventana Wilderness Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$12,637
Continental Divide Trail Coal · Golden, CO · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$12,637
Continental Divide Trail Coalition · Golden, CO · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$12,439
Selway Bitterrott Frank Chu · Boise, ID · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$12,045
Volunteers for Outdoor Colora · Denver, CO · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$12,045
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$12,000
Volunteers for Outdoor Colora · Denver, CO · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$11,619
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Churc · Boise, ID · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$11,619
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation · Boise, ID · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$11,550
Mammoth Lakes Recreation · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$11,550
Mammoth Lakes Recreation · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$11,516
Mountain Bike the Tetons · Driggs, ID · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$11,409
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness · Red Lodge, MT · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship
$11,344
Wyoming Wilderness Associatio · Jackson, WY · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$11,344
Wyoming Wilderness Association · Jackson, WY · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$11,213
Absaroka Beartooth Foundation · Red Lodge, MT · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$11,213
Absaroka Beartooth Foundation · Red Lodge, MT · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$11,063
Wilderness Institue · Missoula, MT · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$10,721
Friends of Panthertown · Cashiers, NC · 2023
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$10,665
Bcha - Motherlode · North Highlands, CA · 2022
Challenge Cost share Funding
$10,665
Bcha - Motherlode · North Highlands, CA · 2022
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$10,655
Bcha - Virginia Highlands · Fries, VA · 2021
Wilderness and trail stewardship ac
$10,311
Bchc Education Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Wilderness and trail stewardship

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.